Ivy Cottage, Walton Road, Kimcote, Lutterworth, LE17 5RU

Ivy Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Kimcote, Lutterworth, Lutterworth (LE17 5RU). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £496,000 sits 50.7% above the 2017 sale of £329,141. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 64.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 96 m² it sits well below the postcode median (222 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2003. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in September 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.